Scope and Content From the Collection: The English Toy Theatre was a craft hobby for children in the 1800s, which presumably evolved from the popularity of theatrical portraits sold as souvenirs in London, near Theatre row. Each toy theatre play (sold for either “a penny plain or two pence coloured”) was comprised of several sheets of paper illustrating characters and settings from contemporary productions that children would then cut out, assemble and perform in model wooden theatres for their friends and family.It...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The English Toy Theatre was a craft hobby for children in the 1800s, which presumably evolved from the popularity of theatrical portraits sold as souvenirs in London, near Theatre row. Each toy theatre play (sold for either “a penny plain or two pence coloured”) was comprised of several sheets of paper illustrating characters and settings from contemporary productions that children would then cut out, assemble and perform in model wooden theatres for their friends and family.It...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The English Toy Theatre was a craft hobby for children in the 1800s, which presumably evolved from the popularity of theatrical portraits sold as souvenirs in London, near Theatre row. Each toy theatre play (sold for either “a penny plain or two pence coloured”) was comprised of several sheets of paper illustrating characters and settings from contemporary productions that children would then cut out, assemble and perform in model wooden theatres for their friends and family.It...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The English Toy Theatre was a craft hobby for children in the 1800s, which presumably evolved from the popularity of theatrical portraits sold as souvenirs in London, near Theatre row. Each toy theatre play (sold for either “a penny plain or two pence coloured”) was comprised of several sheets of paper illustrating characters and settings from contemporary productions that children would then cut out, assemble and perform in model wooden theatres for their friends and family.It...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The English Toy Theatre was a craft hobby for children in the 1800s, which presumably evolved from the popularity of theatrical portraits sold as souvenirs in London, near Theatre row. Each toy theatre play (sold for either “a penny plain or two pence coloured”) was comprised of several sheets of paper illustrating characters and settings from contemporary productions that children would then cut out, assemble and perform in model wooden theatres for their friends and family.It...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The English Toy Theatre was a craft hobby for children in the 1800s, which presumably evolved from the popularity of theatrical portraits sold as souvenirs in London, near Theatre row. Each toy theatre play (sold for either “a penny plain or two pence coloured”) was comprised of several sheets of paper illustrating characters and settings from contemporary productions that children would then cut out, assemble and perform in model wooden theatres for their friends and family.It...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The English Toy Theatre was a craft hobby for children in the 1800s, which presumably evolved from the popularity of theatrical portraits sold as souvenirs in London, near Theatre row. Each toy theatre play (sold for either “a penny plain or two pence coloured”) was comprised of several sheets of paper illustrating characters and settings from contemporary productions that children would then cut out, assemble and perform in model wooden theatres for their friends and family.It...